A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Global time and date of event 11/11/19 / 2019-11-11 16:08:37 / November 11, 2019 @ 4:08 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:08:37 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -64.3801 West, latitude 18.683 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: pr2019315005. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019315005. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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